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Over 200 resources available for KS3-KS4 Science, KS5 Chemistry and Whole School! Lesson resources are suitable for live lessons in school, remote teaching at home or independent student study. It’s your choice how you use them 😊 Don’t forgot to explore my free resources too!
6 Full Lesson Bundle on Nitrogen Compounds and Polymers suitable for the OCR A Level Chemistry specification. Please review the learning objectives below.
Lesson 1: Introduction to Amines
To know how to name amines using IUPAC rules
To understand the basicity of amines in terms of proton acceptance by the nitrogen lone pair
To understand the reactions of amines with dilute inorganic acids
Lesson 2: Preparation of Amines
To know the reaction steps involved in the preparation of aromatic amines by reduction of nitroarenes using tin and concentrated hydrochloric acid
To know the reaction steps involved in the preparation of aliphatic amines by substitution of haloalkanes with excess ethanolic ammonia or amines
To explain the reaction conditions that favours the formation of a primary aliphatic amine
To explain the reaction conditions that favours the formation of a quaternary ammonium salt
Lesson 3: Amino Acids and Their Reactions
To know the general formula for an α-amino acid as RCH(NH2)COOH
To understand the following reactions of amino acids:
(i) reaction of the carboxylic acid group with alkalis and in the formation of esters
(ii) reaction of the amine group with acids
Lesson 4: Chirality
To know that optical isomerism is an example of stereoisomerism, in terms of non- superimposable mirror images about a chiral centre
To identify chiral centres in a molecule of any organic compound.
To construct 3D diagrams of optical isomers including organic compounds and transition metal complexes
Lesson 5: Amides
To review the synthesis of primary and secondary amides
To understand the structures of primary and secondary amides
To name primary and secondary amides
Lesson 6: Condensation Polymers
1.To know that condensation polymerisation can lead to the formation of i) polyesters ii) polyamides
2. To predict from addition and condensation polymerisation:
i) the repeat unit from a given monomer(s) (ii) the monomer(s) required for a given section of a polymer molecule (iii) the type of polymerisation
3. To understand the acid and base hydrolysis of i) the ester groups in polyesters ii) the amide groups in polyamides
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4 structured lessons covering topics from AS Chemistry Alkanes from the AQA Specification
Lesson 1: Fractional Distillation of Crude Oil
Describe what crude oil contains and to understand its uses
Explain how crude oil is separated into useful fractions on an industrial scale
Explain how crude oil is separated into useful fractions on an industrial scale
Lesson 2: Cracking of Alkanes
To describe what cracking is and its economic benefits
To explain what thermal and catalytic cracking
To compare and evaluate the conditions for and the products of thermal and catalytic cracking
Lesson 3: Combustion of Alkanes
To understand why alkanes are good fuels
To recall the complete and incomplete combustions equations (both word and symbol) of alkanes
To explain the environmental problems associated with pollutant products when alkanes are used as fuels
To explain the use of catalytic convertors and processes such as flue gas desulfurisation to remove gaseous pollutants produced during alkane combustion
Lesson 4: Free Radical Substitution of Alkanes
1)To know what a free radical is
2) To describe the reaction mechanism for the free-radical substitution of alkanes including initiation, propagation and termination
3) To analyse the limitations of radical substitution in synthesis by formation of a mixture of organic products
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A structured KS5 lesson including starter activity and AfL work tasks and main work tasks with answers on Dynamic Equilibrium and Le Chatelier’s Principle
By the end of the lesson students should be able to:
To explain the term dynamic equilibrium
To apply le Chatelier’s principle to homogeneous equilibria in order to deduce qualitatively the effect of a change in temperature, pressure or concentration on the position of equilibrium
To explain why catalysts do not change the position of equilibrium
To explain the importance to the chemical industry of a compromise between chemical equilibrium and reaction rate in deciding the operational conditions
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A structured KS5 theory lesson including starter activity and main work tasks with answers included on Chemical Equilibrium (Practical Skills)
By the end of the lesson students should be able to:
To understand how a titration experiment can be used to calculate the equilibrium constant, Kc
To understand how a colorimeter can be used to calculate the equilibrium constant, Kc
To analyse exam questions based on titration experiments in order to calculate out Kc
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This discounted bundle includes:
A full double lesson on synthetic routes in organic synthesis (all answers included)
A follow up homework task (all answers included)
A full revision summary of the year 12 & 13 organic reactions (perfect for making flashcards!)
The full double lesson will cover the following learning objectives
i) To identify individual functional groups for an organic molecule containing several functional groups
ii) To predict the properties and reactions of organic molecules containing several functional groups
iii) To create multi-stage synthetic routes for preparing organic compounds
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18 flashcards on Reaction Mechanisms from both Year 12 and 13 content. Suitable for the OCR A level Chemistry Specification
Reaction mechanisms included are:
Free Radical Substitution
Nucleophilic Substitution
Electrophilic Addition
Electrophilic Substitution
Nucelophilic Addition
PRINTING: These can be printed as A6 flashcards (1/4 size of A4) by printing four pages per sheet
A structured KS5 lesson including starter activity and AfL work tasks and main work tasks on Enthalpy and Reactions
By the end of this lesson KS5 students should be able:
LO1: To explain that some chemical reactions are accompanied by enthalpy changes that are exothermic or endothermic
LO2: To construct enthalpy profile diagrams to show the difference in the enthalpy of reactants compared with products
LO3: To qualitatively explain the term activation energy, including use of enthalpy profile diagrams
The teacher will be able to check students have met these learning objectives through mini AfL tasks for students to complete
All tasks have worked out answers, which will allow students to self assess their work during the lesson
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A complete lesson including starter activity, AfL work tasks and main work tasks (all with answers included) on Acyl Chlorides and Their Reactions
By the end of this lesson KS5 students should be able to:
To know how to name acyl chlorides
To recall the equation for the formation of acyl chlorides from carboxylic acids using SOCl2
To construct equations for the use of acyl chlorides in the synthesis of esters, carboxylic acids and primary and secondary amides
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A 9 point checklist that can be used by students to help them construct the perfect line graph in science.
This checklist can also be used by teachers when giving feedback to students on their constructed line graphs
68 flashcards on OCR A level Chemistry keywords and definitions - Year 12 content only
Specific printing instructions have been included and should be followed so that flashcards can be successfully printed.
Important Note: These flashcards are only suitable to be printed as A6 flashcards (1/4 size of A4)
Included are keywords from the following OCR A Level chemistry modules:
Module 2 – Foundation Chemistry
Module 3 – The Periodic Table & Energy
Module 4 – Core Organic Chemistry
6 different flashcards sets on:
Year 12 keywords & definitions *
Year 13 keywords & defintions *
A level Chemistry Equations & Formulae *
Shapes of molecules and ions
Qualitative Analysis, Group 2 reactions and The Halogens
Transition Element Reactions
Important note: The first three flashcards sets are ‘flip around’ flashcards where the answers are revealed on the back of the flashcard
91 flashcards on AQA A level Chemistry keywords and definitions - Year 12 and 13 content
Specific printing instructions have been included and should be followed so that flashcards can be successfully printed.
Important Note: These flashcards are only suitable to be printed as A6 flashcards (1/4 size of A4)
Included are keywords from the following AQA A Level chemistry modules:
3.1 Physical Chemistry
3.2 Inorganic Chemistry
3.3 Organic Chemistry
3 revision documents summarising the equations and conditions students need to remember for the following chapters in AQA AS Chemistry:
The halogens
Group 2 metals
Alkanes
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This is an engaging KS5 revision lesson the Kinetics topic in A Level Chemistry (Year 13)
Students will be able to complete three challenging question rounds on kinetics covering:
Measuring Reaction Rates
Orders of reactants
Concentration-time graphs
Rate-concentration graphs
Clock Reactions
Initial rates
Arrhenius Equation
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A structured KS5 lesson (Part 2 of 2) including starter activity and practice questions with answers on ionisation energy
By the end of this lesson KS5 students should be able to:
To explain the trend in first ionisation energies down a group
To explain the trend in first ionisation energies across period 2
To explain the trend in first ionisation energies across period 3
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A structured KS5 lesson (Yr13) including starter activity, discussion questions, videos and main work task all with answers included on Practical Skills for Organic Synthesis II. Suitable for the OCR specification.
By the end of this lesson KS5 students should be able to:
To describe the techniques and procedures used for the purification of organic solids including:
filtration under reduced pressure
recrystallisation
measurement of melting points
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A structured KS5 lesson (Yr12) including starter activity, discussion questions, videos and main work task all with answers included on Practical Skills for Organic Synthesis. Suitable for the OCR specification.
By the end of this lesson KS5 students should be able to:
To demonstrate knowledge, understanding and application of the use of Quickfit apparatus for distillation and heating under reflux
To understand the techniques for preparation and purification of an organic liquid including:
use of a separating funnel to remove an organic layer from an aqueous layer
drying with an anhydrous salt
redistillation
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A complete lesson including starter activity, AfL work tasks and main work tasks (all with answers included) on Carbon-13 NMR Spectroscopy
By the end of this lesson KS5 students should be able to:
To analyse a carbon-13 NMR spectrum of an organic molecule to make predictions about:
The number of carbon environments in the molecule
The different types of carbon environment present from chemical shift values
Possible structures for the molecule
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A structured KS5 lesson including starter activity and AfL work tasks on the electronic configuration of d-block elements
By the end of this lesson KS5 students should be able:
To recall the order of electron shells to be filled
To construct electronic configurations of d-block atoms and ions
To know the elemental anomalies in electron filling of d block atoms
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A structured KS5 lesson including starter activity and AfL work tasks and main work tasks on Other Reactions of Alcohols
**By the end of this lesson KS5 students should be able:
To know the elimination of H2O from alcohols in the presence of an acid catalyst and heat to form alkenes
To know the substitution of alcohols with halide ions in the presence of acid to form haloalkanes
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